to scale

To remove scales from a fish or hard white build-up inside kettles

Much higher than normal

To make a process unfair to give someone an advantage

Very large and grand like a giant planet

To give one side an advantage in a situation

Make a situation end the way you want

Increase the size or amount of something so it still works well

To make something smaller in size or amount

Very large and affecting many people or places

Complete and using all available resources

Used for projects or models that are not large

A way of showing how long events take and when they happen

Lower cost for each item when a company makes many of them

A scale that measures how strong an earthquake is from the waves recorded by machines

A system where fees or prices change depending on a person's income

A small flat piece on a fish's body that protects its skin

A schedule that shows how much people are paid for different jobs or experience levels

Larger than usual to show more detail in maps or models

A set of seven notes with whole steps except half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth

A scale of twelve notes that move by half steps within one octave

A set of notes ordered from low to high that form a basic pattern for melodies

A balance with a long bar that turns and uses a sliding weight to measure how heavy something is

A pattern of seven notes that makes the familiar major and minor sounds

A way of showing numbers where each step is ten times bigger

A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale

A musical scale with five notes in each octave

A small insect that sucks plant sap and has a hard waxy covering

A system for measuring how hot something is using units like Celsius and Fahrenheit

A scale that measures wind strength from calm to hurricane

A test that measures how smart a person is

A group of notes musicians use to make the typical jazz and blues sound

A scale for measuring how much sugar is in a liquid like juice or wine

A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them

A sequence of notes C D E F G A B with no sharps or flats

A temperature scale where 0 degrees is water's freezing and 100 degrees its boiling

A way to measure temperature where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

A scale that measures how high sea waves are, from 0 calm to 9 very large

A scale of numbers that shows wave height at sea from 0 calm to 9 very high

A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero, with zero as the lowest possible temperature

A small insect with a hard wax covering that sticks to leaves and stems

A way of showing time in a simulation so events take longer than in real life

A scale for measuring temperature where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees

A way of running a simulation where time moves faster than real life

A small portable balance with a bar that turns on a point to weigh things

A common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth

A scale that measures how strong an earthquake feels and how much damage it causes

A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad

A scale that compares how easily minerals scratch each other, from soft talc to hard diamond

A scale that shows how much energy an earthquake releases

A musical scale with fewer than seven notes that leaves out some notes from the usual scale

A tool to measure color shades used in science and art

A scale that shows how high sea waves and long smooth waves are

A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and uses the same size degree as Celsius

A musical scale of eight notes that uses whole and half steps one after the other

A temperature scale that starts at absolute zero and uses degrees the same size as Fahrenheit

A temperature scale where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees

A partly refined wax made from crude oil used in industry

A number from 0 to 14 that shows how acidic or basic a liquid is, with 7 neutral

A small insect from East Asia that damages fruit trees

A number that makes an object bigger or smaller by the same amount

A small green plant with scaly, leather-like leaves that grows in rocky places

A small leaf that covers and protects a bud on plants like pine trees

Partly refined paraffin wax made when oil is processed and used in industry

A small plant with tiny flat leaves that often grows on other plants

A set of notes from C to B with no sharps or flats

A system that gives numbers or levels to show how much of something there is

A number that shows how something compares to other things

A company that has grown quickly and now expands staff and sales

A number that shows how fast a model runs compared to real life

A way used in models to stretch time so events look slower than real life

A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves

A small tool that measures weight or force by how much a metal coil stretches

A small extra ruler that slides along a larger ruler to measure very small lengths

A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is